Overview
- The Buffalo Board of Education accepted Dr. Pascal Mubenga’s immediate resignation after less than a year in the job and voted to waive the contract’s 90-day notice requirement.
- The board says Mubenga’s contract contains no severance or buyout payment and called for roughly $285,000 a year when he was hired last July.
- Board members voted to install Dr. Ebony Prophet-Bullock, the district’s chief accountability officer, as interim superintendent to lead the district starting the following day.
- Separately, the board retained a Buffalo law firm to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that an unnamed board member sexually harassed district staff and has declined further public comment.
- Parents, teachers, and union leaders expressed shock and worry that the sudden leadership change and recent departures will disrupt schools and harm students’ services and stability.